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 News Around the Republic of Mexico
Kidnappers May Get Life
 El Universal
President Calderón this week proposed life sentences for kidnappers who prey on women, children or the elderly, and those that kill or maim their victims. Mexico currently does not impose life sentences or the death penalty for any crime.
Court Protects Right to Alimony Claim
 El Universal
The Supreme Court made International Women´s Day more festive in Mexico with favorable rulings handed down on alimony requirements, while Mexico City authorities gave an early release to 64 female inmates being held in Santa Martha Acatitla prison.
UN: Domestic Violence Hits 21.5% Among Mexican Couples
 Yangtze Yan
Just one day before the International Women's Day, Lemaresquier, who described the situation in Mexico as "worrying," called for a new law and an effective justice system to save Mexican women from violence in the home and to ensure those who break the law are punished.
Calderón Announces Anti-Crime Plan in Wake of Police Chief's Shooting
 Mark Stevenson
President Felipe Calderón pledged “a hard and difficult battle” against gangs Wednesday, a day after gunmen wounded the top security official in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco and killed his driver.
Mexican Military To Reinstate HIV-Positive Soldiers
 Associated Press
The National Defense Department said Tuesday it will reinstate four HIV-positive soldiers after Mexico's Supreme Court ruled that their expulsion from the armed forces was discriminatory and unconstitutional.
Border Brush Fire Sparks Diplomatic Protest
 Associated Press
Mexico has sent a diplomatic note to the United States objecting to an alleged incursion into Mexican territory by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Arizona trying to extinguish a fire, the country's Foreign Relations Department said.
Divers Say They've Found the World's Longest Underwater Cave in Mexico
 Mark Stevenson
A pair of cave divers said Monday they have found subterranean passages in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula that constitute the world's longest underwater cave system.
Calderon Vows to Restore Mexico's Appeal
 Lisa J. Adams
Mexican President Felipe Calderon won't be fighting for migration reform when he meets with President Bush next week. Instead, he will be be spelling out what he intends to do to keep Mexicans at home.
Blood-Crying Virgin on the Border
 VivirLatino
Last week there was a sighting of the Virgen de Guadalupe that occurred in a baking pan in Texas. La Virgen's latest trick took place in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, when an image of her allegedly began to shed bloody tears.
Legislators Cheer a 'Muted' Fox
 EFE
After former President Vicente Fox said he will make no more public statements to avoid creating political problems, opposition legislators celebrated gleefully on Saturday.
Mexico Drug Violence Escalates
 Jeremy Schwartz
More than 250 people were executed last year in Acapulco as the sweltering Pacific resort became the latest battleground between rival cartels battling for supremacy of the multibillion-dollar drug trade.
Mexican Party Leader Plans a PRI Resurgence
 Sam Enriquez & Cecilia Sanchez
Former governor and federal lawmaker Beatriz Paredes today assumes leadership of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which in the span of a decade sank from Mexico's greatest political force to third-place finisher in last year's presidential election.
Spring-Breakers Party on Amid Acapulco Drug War
 Gunther Hamm
U.S. spring-breakers are guzzling beers and slamming back tequilas in the Mexican Pacific beach resort of Acapulco, unfazed by a violent drug war that has killed police and left body parts strewn about town.
Police Detain Man Convicted in 1996 Fire at Italy's La Fenice Opera House
 Associated Press
Mexican authorities have arrested an Italian electrician convicted in the 1996 fire at La Fenice opera house in Venice, authorities in the two countries said. Police detained Enrico Carella in the resort city of Cancun and authorities plan to extradite him to Italy.
Mexico PRI Decides How Far Left
 Prensa Latina
The fear of seeming too leftist is keeping Mexico s PRI (Institutional Revolutionary) party on tenterhooks, following this major Mexican political party s extraordinary assembly this week.
Bill Aims to Decriminalize Press Crimes
 Herald Mexico
Two Senate committees Wednesday approved legislation decriminalizing libel, slander and defamation of character, paving the way for full Senate approval next week. The reform will protect journalists from the threat of jail time if anything they write happens to offend a public official or other powerful persons.
Mexican Soldiers Accused of Rape, Murder
 Associated Press
Four Mexican soldiers were arrested and accused of raping and murdering a 73-year-old woman in a case that has outraged Indian groups in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
Mexico Hopes to Control Migration
 Julie Watson
President Felipe Calderon hopes to accomplish the sweeping immigration reform Washington has failed to adopt - not just cracking down on the southern border but also creating a guest-worker program and improving conditions for illegal Central American migrants.
Mexico Vows to Improve Migrant's Treatment
 Lisa J. Adams
Mexico's head of migration on Tuesday pledged to improve the agency's detention centers in response to criticism that Mexico fails to give Central American immigrants the same respect it demands for its own citizens in the United States.
Mexican Prez Slams US Border Wall
 Prensa Latina
At a meeting with a bilateral entrepreneurial organization Tuesday, Mexican President Felipe Calderon criticized the 745-mile, 1.3 billion dollar border wall the US is building to prevent illegal immigration from Mexico.
Mexican Congress: No More Servility to US
 Prensa Latina
The Mexican PRD (Democratic Revolution) and PRI (Institutional Revolutionary) parties denounced President Felipe Calderon´s foreign policy for strengthening United States security.
Mexico: In the Crossfire of the Drug Cartels
 Allan Wall
A Mexican congressman shot, and hundreds of families evicted from their homes. It was another week in the Mexican War on Drugs, and indicative that President Calderon’s war on the cartels has a tough road ahead.
Artifacts may be from Spanish Galleon
 Associated Press
Archeologists said Monday that porcelain plates and other artifacts found along the Baja California coast could be from the wreckage of a Spanish galleon that sailed between the Philippines and Mexico hundreds of years ago.
Report Slams Nation's Prison System
 Alejandro Suverza
A soon-to-be released report states that authorities at every level of government are boasting increased arrests and jailings to project a sense of security in society and to recuperate trust in institutions. Meanwhile, the human rights of hundreds of thousands of detainees are being largely ignored.
Mexico Vows to Protect Monarch Butterfly
 Reuters
Mexico will enforce a "zero tolerance" policy against logging that threatens to wipe out the monarch butterfly and will act to stop a rare and ancient oasis from drying up, President Felipe Calderon said on Saturday.
Federal Police to Permanently Guard Acapulco Hotels
 Greg Brosnan
Mexican federal police will patrol the hotel zone of Acapulco day and night to prevent an outbreak of drug gang violence from affecting tourism, a senior police official said on Friday.
AIDS Group Criticizes Bristol-Myers for Its AIDS Drug Prices in Mexico
 Theresa Agovino
An AIDS organization has launched an ad campaign against Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., demanding that it lower the prices on two of its AIDS treatments in Mexico.
The Last Time I Saw Paris
 MexicoCityCollege.com
Joseph M. Quinn, who has been researching and compiling "The Mexico City College Story" since 1996, shares the extraordinary story of MCC french teacher Mme Germainé Dauchat as transcribed from 1947 issues of Mexico City College's "El Conquistador."
Inauguration of a New AMPI President
 John Glaab
Over 500 leaders from the real estate, business and political community attended the Toma de Protesta (Inauguration) of Lic Mario Aviles as the new President of the Mexican Association of Real Estate Professionals (AMPI).
Mexico Blasts US 'Border Violation'
 aljazeera.net
Mexico's congress has complained that the US Homeland Security secretary, Michael Chertoff, and workers building a border fence crossed into Mexican territory without permission.
Nuevo Laredo Handcuffed by Drug Trade
 Alfredo Corchado
More than three years after warring drug cartels launched a battle for Nuevo Laredo and its smuggling routes into Texas, senior U.S. law enforcement officials say the Gulf cartel and its enforcers, the Zetas, have established significant control over the beleaguered city.
Vicente Fox Accused of Violating Law
 Associated Press
Mexico's largest leftist party announced Wednesday that it is filing a legal complaint against former President Vicente Fox, accusing him of violating the law by intervening against its presidential candidate who lost last year.
Computerized Babies Cry, Burp at Mexican Teens
 Reuters
High school students in the Mexican state of Chihuahua are being made to care for screaming, hiccuping baby dolls that run on computer chips to try to bring down the state's soaring teenage pregnancy rate.
Mexico Agrees to Assist Mexican-Born U.S. Army Deserter
 Xinhua
The Mexican government on Wednesday agreed to offer assistance to a Mexican-born U.S. army medic, who faces charges of desertion and missing a troop movement, Mexico's Foreign Ministry said.
Chapmans Receive Official Ruling From Mexican Court
 Mona K. Wood
Contrary to prior unofficial reports of a ruling from the Second District, the court's action does not "clear the way for the Chapmans to be extradited to Mexico," explained the Chapmans’ lawyer, William C. Bollard.
Police Swarm Mexico City Barrio in Drug Raid
 Reuters
Heavily armed Mexican police, backed by helicopters, locked down the capital's most notorious neighbourhood on Tuesday as part of the latest offensive against rampant drug trafficking.
PGA Tour to Make Its Mexican Debut
 Jaime Aron
PGA golfers are about to discover what colleague Esteban Toledo and thousands of tourists have known for years: Playing 18 holes in Mexico can be as enjoyable as a cold margarita on a hot afternoon.
Mexico to Lobby for Immigration Reform
 Julie Watson
Mexico plans to begin an aggressive lobbying effort in the United States to secure an immigration reform agreement, the country's new ambassador in Washington said Tuesday.
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